Tamer Ezzat is an Egyptian filmmaker who started his career in 1994 as an editor for celebrated directors such as Youssef Chahine and Yousry Nasrallah. In 2001, he enrolled in the Center for Advanced Digital Applications at New York University. He also pursued a diploma in film directing at the New York Film Academy. His award-winning documentaries include Everything Is Gonna Be Alright! (2003) and The Place I Call Home (2006). In 2010, he wrote and directed his fiction film debut, The Ring Road, which premiered at the 34th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival. He then co-directed a documentary feature about the Egyptian revolution, Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad and the Politician (2011), which was selected for major film festivals including the Venice Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, and the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.